2022 - November - CNN - Dogs know just when we need them most ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
We're grateful to Madeline Holcombe with CNN for including Koch Funeral Home and Monroe, our grief therapy dog, in her story about how dogs impact grief. Thank you, Madeline! Read more here.
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2023 - August - Gazette - Surrender Your Soul
Surrender Your Soul
A couple of weeks ago, I stepped onto the deck of our cabin at Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. It was early morning and the sun had just risen from behind...
2023 - August - CDT - Helping Hands - Bereavement Gatherings and Events
Bereavement Gatherings & Events
Anne Frank wrote, “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside. . . I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles...
2023 - July - CDT - Helping Hands - "Helping" Someone Who is Grieving
“Helping” Someone Who is Grieving
I answered the phone and could tell the caller was unsettled. A relationship and job possibility had both ended for him. Grief had come for a visit, but I didn’t ...
2023 - July - CDT - Learning to Live: What's Your Story?
“Helping” Someone Who is Grieving
I answered the phone and could tell the caller was unsettled. A relationship and job possibility had both ended for him. Grief had come for a visit, but I didn’t ...
2023 - July - Gazette - Death is the Memory of the Living
Death is the Memory of the Living
My sister-in-law passed away a year ago. Last week on the anniversary date my thoughts returned to all the events that led up to that fateful day. Our heads remem...
2023 - June - Gazette - What Is Enough?
What Is Enough?
What is enough? During a recent gathering for elders, I posed this question to the group and was impressed by the wise answers. One woman said that as far as “stuff” was concerned,...
2023 - June - CDT - Helping Hands - End-of-Life Doula
“Dance . . . is about intention, and not about the specific movements or actions themselves.” When I read these words in Anna Halprin and Rachel Kaplan’s book Making Dances That Matter, they remind...
2023 - May - Gazette - Med-KNIT-ations
Med-Knit-ations
There was a lot going on in my world one day a few weeks ago. My 92-year-old father was in the hospital with heart issues, and I had two presentations to make that day at the local...
2023 - April - Gazette - Bereaved Mother's Day
Bereaved Mother’s Day
I used to dread Mother’s Day. Of course I was always very grateful for my mother and wanted to celebrate her. But during the years when my husband and I were dealing with fer...
2023 - March - Gazette - Going Home
Going Home
“Going home is powerful.”
F. Glenn Fleming, Koch Funeral Home funeral director and supervisor, shared these words at a recent community presentation for those interested in preparing f...
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